Posts by Eli Simon
Heather Thompson and Erica Dunbar take on consulting roles in upcoming HBO & Academy-Award Nominated Films
Erica Dunbar served as the Executive Producer and Historical Consultant on HBO’s GILDED AGE, which premiered on January 24. J It was recently renewed for Season 2. She’s also had some terrific media coverage about her role in guiding the historical authenticity of the show, like this piece in the LA Times. Heather served as a credited…
Read MoreAnne-Marie Angelo
Anne-Marie Angelo is a screenwriter and a historian of the modern US, UK, and Middle East. She has worked as a writer and historical consultant to develop series for Warner, HBO, and Viaplay. She co-wrote the series concept and led historical research for a period dramedy series that was awarded High-End Series Drama Development Funding…
Read MoreChristienna Fryar
Christienna Fryar is a writer and historian of Britain, the Caribbean, and the British Empire. At the heart of her work is the conviction that Britain and its history cannot be understood in isolation from the Caribbean. A former academic, she was the founding convener of the MA Black British History, the first taught masters…
Read MoreHope Latta
Academic Television Academy member Hope Latta is an aspiring historian of Cold War acoustic physics with a focus on submarine search sounds. She is currently working on a Master’s in Creative Writing and Literature at Harvard University. In 2022-2023, Hope was a Warner Bros. Discovery diversity writing program recipient and developed two projects there. TV…
Read MoreJoanne Paul
Dr Joanne Paul is an award-winning historian, consultant and writer with a passion for sharing her research on Renaissance and Tudor history. She has consulted for television with TLC and Amazon and appeared on a variety of programmes, including for BBC, Channel 5 and TLC. Having published academically on topics including Shakespeare, the English Civil…
Read MoreStephanie Jenkins
Stephanie Jenkins has been making award-winning historical documentaries for over a decade. A long-time staff producer with Ken Burns, she enjoys nothing more than finding emotionally-driven stories and digging deep into film archives. Most recently she produced Muhammad Ali, an eight-hour biography of the famed boxer and activist that aired on PBS in September 2021. Her…
Read MoreAllyson Moralez
Allyson Moralez received her B.A. from the University of Michigan in 2021 and is currently the Events & Projects Specialist for the ADVANCE program at University of Michigan. She previously served as Executive Director of the Urban History Association while working as a research assistant to Dr. Heather Ann Thompson for her current book project…
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